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# Introduction to Unix & SDF

Gene Michael Stover

created Saturday, 2003 December 6 December
updated Sunday, 2005 May 8

Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005 by Gene Michael Stover. All rights reserved. Permission to copy, store, & view this document unmodified & in its entirety is granted.

- Contents
- 1. To Do
- 2. Introduction
  - 2.1 What to read first
- 3. What is Unix?
  - 3.1 Short Answer
  - 3.2 Long Answer
    - 3.2.1 My Opinion
    - 3.2.2 Another Opinion
- 4. Some Basic Commands
  - 4.1 The Command Line Shell
  - 4.2 Listing Files
  - 4.3 Moving Around the File System
  - 4.4 The VI Cursor Commands
  - 4.5 E-mail
    - 4.5.1 mutt
    - 4.5.2 Graphical E-mail Readers
    - 4.5.3 My Own E-mail
  - 4.6 Viewing Files
  - 4.7 Surf the Web
  - 4.8 Upload & Download
    - 4.8.1 FTP
    - 4.8.2 scp
    - 4.8.3 rcp
    - 4.8.4 When FTP Doesn't Work
  - 4.9 Editing Files
- 5. Learning More
  - 5.1 The Man
    - 5.1.1 The man is for real
  - 5.2 Gnu info
  - 5.3 Books
  - 5.4 Folklore
- 6. Super Dimension Fortress
  - 6.1 Getting Information on SDF
  - 6.2 COM Mode
    - 6.2.1 COM Commands Discussion
    - 6.2.2 COM Session Example
    - 6.2.3 What to Do if You Are Caught in the Newbie Loop
    - 6.2.4 COM History
  - 6.3 Bulletin Board
- 7. Programming
  - 7.1 Language
  - 7.2 Languages on SDF
  - 7.3 Theory
- 8. Hacking
- 9. Meta
- Bibliography